Scope of Practice for the profession of Medical Laboratory Technology includes:

• effective application of all competencies required to provide accurate and reliable laboratory test results contributing to the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention of physiological and pathological conditions in humans
• striving to improve the profession to meet the many technological and procedural challenges now and into the future
• developing and assessing new techniques and implementing their proper clinical use
• promoting the development and application of knowledge
• performance and maintenance of technical skills
• correlation of test results in a clinical environment
• appropriate response to test results
• collaboration with other health care professionals

ADM09.05/07